Timothy Willis

Director @ Simple Capital Partners Limited

2023

Simple Capital Partners Limited is the holding company of the simple.Capital() Group. As of April 2023, the company operates as a passive investment holding company, mainly holding early-stage venture capital assets.

Co-Founder, Partner & CEO @ simple.Capital() Group

2020 - 2023

simple.Capital() is an early-stage venture capital investment and technology company with a focus on democratisation.

Chief Operating Officer

2023 - 2024

VP of Marketplace

2023 - 2023

Chief Supply Officer

2023 - 2023

Interim Chief Operating Officer

2021 - 2021

FlexClub was one of our first portfolio investments at simple.Capital(). After investing in Sep'20, I joined the team on an interim basis in Jan'21 as COO focusing on the South African business. The business grew 10X during the 2021 year as it prepared for its Series A funding round in 2022.

Chief Operating Officer

2019 - 2020

Chief Financial Officer & Head of Growth

2018 - 2019

Strategy & Analytics Manager, EMEA Central Operations | Senior Operations & Logistics Manager

2017 - 2018

Supported the Head of Central Operations for EMEA with strategic ideas and initiatives. Built up and managed the Analytics Team which supported EMEA Central Operations. The Team consisted of 4 Analysts.

Head of Central Operations, Sub-Saharan Africa | Senior Operations and Logistics Manager

2016 - 2017

Led the Central Operations Team for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at Uber. The Team is focussed on supply operations, analytics and process for the sub-region. The team had 10 full-time permanent members and 8 part-time members who worked in the Conversion Call Centre. The Sub-Saharan Africa sub-region covers South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Head of Business Intelligence, Sub-Saharan Africa | Operations Logistics Manager (Lead)

2016 - 2016

Led the first Sub-Saharan Africa Business Intelligence team which focussed on analytics, process optimisation and CRM. This team was later merged into the Sub-Saharan Africa Central Operations Team.

Operations and Logistics Manager

2015 - 2016

Worked on the Johannesburg and SSA Central Operations teams.

Audit Manager

2014 - 2015

Managed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).

Audit Senior

2014 - 2014

Performed audits for the San Francisco office of Deloitte.

Trainee Accountant

2011 - 2013

Performed audits for the Deloitte Financial Institutions Services Team (FIST).

Partner

2009 - 2010

Business Development and Finance

Partner

2009 - 2010

Business Development and Sales